Introduction -- Origins of progressivism : German theories of the state from Hegel to Habermas -- The Hegelian progressives : democratic spirit in the new American state -- The institutional architecture of progressive democracy : from the New Deal to the Second Reconstruction -- The normative architecture of progressive democracy : reconstructing the administrative state -- Conclusion : progress in times of peril
Summary
The Public's Law shows how bureaucracy can advance democracy. It develops a Progressive understanding of law and politics from American thinkers' transformation of German theories of the state, emphasizing that the state must provide the goods people need to participate in democratic politics. Using examples from the New Deal and the Civil Rights Era, the book develops a normative theory with implications for deliberative democratic theory, constitutional theory, and administrative law
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Yale University, 2016) issued under title: Between public law and public sphere : reconstructing the American Progressive theory of the administrative state
